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==Sports== | ==Sports== | ||
Sports in the Chlouvānem Inquisition are commonly divided into "traditional", "local", and "Western", even though there are not many practical difference in how they are handled or in their popularity - there are, for example, some "Western sports" where Chlouvānem athletes have been particularly successful. Traditional sports are typically those that have been practiced in the Inquisition for centuries and have also a substantial "ritual" component that is lacking or, at least, much lower in sports considered "Western". Motorsport and cycling are considered "traditional" as they were born in the Inquisition mostly independently from the Western world, and thus often have different rule sets (despite some recent international agreements, especially in cycling, that have reduced the differences). | Sports in the Chlouvānem Inquisition are commonly divided into "traditional", "local", and "Western", even though there are not many practical difference in how they are handled or in their popularity - there are, for example, some "Western sports" where Chlouvānem athletes have been particularly successful. Traditional sports are typically those that have been practiced in the Inquisition for centuries and have also a substantial "ritual" component that is lacking or, at least, much lower in sports considered "Western". Motorsport and cycling are considered "traditional" as they were born in the Inquisition mostly independently from the Western world, and thus often have different rule sets (despite some recent international agreements, especially in cycling, that have reduced the differences).<br/> | ||
Most team sports practiced in the Inquisition do not have distinct categories for male- and female-bodied athletes, with the notable exceptions of cycling and Western sports that follow rules specified by international sanctioning committees (the result of this all being that e.g. there are two ''tēyakaitsūh'' championships, but only one for ''yalkhaitah''). Fighting sports, however, do have distinct categories. | |||
Chlouvānem athletes rarely compete outside the borders of the Eastern bloc, as Chlouvānem laws ban not only professional sports in the Inquisition but also rule as illegal for Chlouvānem citizens to be paid as professional sportspeople abroad. A few exception have happened in recent years, mostly in motorsports and cycling, but these have only been possible as the Inquisition itself funded these athletes, that had all become among the best champions in their sports in the Eastern bloc, in order to compete abroad as de facto official representatives of the Chlouvānem Inquisition. | |||
* '''rašvātra''' — sport | * '''rašvātra''' — sport | ||